F Farewell, my Lila F I'll write every evening Bb/F F I've carved our names Bb/F C7/F In the trunk of this tree F Farewell, my Lila F I miss you already Bb/F F And dream of the day Bb/F F When I'll hold you again Bb/F F In a home safe from fear Bb/F C7/F F When the Southland is free Dm7 C/E Fsus4 F I go to fight for these old hills behind me Dm7 C/E Fus4 F These Old Red Hills of Home Dm7 C/E Fsus4 F I go to fight, for these old hills remind me G Gm7 Of a way of life that's pure G Bb/G Of the truth that must endure Gm7 Fsus4/A In a town called Marietta Bb F In the Old Red Hills of Home Dm7 C/E Bb/F F Pray on this day as I journey beyond them Dm7 C/E Bb/F F These Old Red Hills of Home Dm7 C/E Bb/F F Let all the blood of the North spill upon them G Gm7 'Till they've paid for what they've wrought G Bb/G Taken back the lies they've taught Gm7 Fsus4/A And there's peace in Marietta Gm7 Fsus4/A And we're safe again in Georgia Bb G/B In the land where Honor lives and breathes F/C Bb/C F The Old Red Hills of Home F Farewell, my Lila F Farewell OLD SOLDIER Eb Look there, my Lila Eb They call me to tell it Ab/Eb Eb The lives that we led Ab/Eb Bb7/Eb Eb When the Southland was free Cm7 Bb/D Ebsus4 Eb We gave our lives for the old hills of Georgia Ab/C Bb/D Ebsus4 Eb The old red hills of home Cm7 Bb/D Ab/Eb Eb Not much survives of the old hills of Georgia F Ab/F But I close my eyes and hear F Fm7 All the treasures we held dear OLD SOLDIER Eb Bb7 Eb Eb7 The rushing of the Chattahoochie TOWNSPEOPLE Ab6 F7/A Bb7 The tall pines and the red clay OLD SOLDIER Eb The rustling in the wind TOWNSPEOPLE Eb Bb7 Eb The blue skies and the dogwood trees OLD SOLDIER Eb7 And Mama in the kitchen singin' TOWNSPEOPLE Ab6 F7/A A man can grow his cotton OLD SOLDIER Bb7 And me and Lila swinging in a tree TOWNSPEOPLE Ab And his crops OLD SOLDIER & TOWNSPEOPLE Eb/G Ab F7/A G7/B Oh I hear it calling, calling still! OLD SOLIDER Cm F7/A Eb/Bb And I would gladly give F7 Bb7sus4 Eb My good right leg Again F Again! ALL Dm7 C/E God bless the sight Bb/F F Of the old hills of Georgia Bb/D C/E Fsus4 The old red hills of home F Dm7 C/E (Kneel down to) Praise those who fight Bb/F F For the old hills of Georgia G Gm7 For those proud and valiant men G Bb/G We'll sing "Dixie" once again Gm7 For the men of Marrietta Fsus4/A (For the the brothers of Cobb County) Gm7 For the fathers of Atlanta Fsus4/A (For the patriarchs) Bb G/B Who gave everything for Georgia F/C Bb/C F And the old red hills of home
